William Butler Jr.

William Butler Jr. (1 February 1790-25 September 1850) was a member of the US House of Representatives (W-SC 6) from 4 March 1841 to 3 March 1843, succeeding Waddy Thompson, Jr. and preceding Isaac E. Holmes.

Biography
William Butler Jr. was born in Saluda, South Carolina in 1790, the son of William Butler and the brother of Andrew Pickens Butler and Pierce Mason Butler. He served as an US Navy surgeon at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812, and he later married Matthew Hazard Perry's sister. In 1825, he moved to Greenville, South Carolina, and he went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1841 to 1843. He died in 1850.